Thank you so much for all this info. What is the Spanish word for pike? Bruce ... group of ... learn ... Spanish ... is ... notes ... Restoration ... in any ...
Dear Bruce, I have a Spanish replica pike and would be glad to loan it to you for the april 14 event. I would like to attend your event if it is acceptable to...
Leroy, Wow!!!! I would love to have you, and others if possible, do your 17th Cent or Mexican impressions. We could do more of a timeline display. Please do...
Dear Bruce, I will be at your service. (562) 434-4424 In addition, two persons who represent my time period of late 1770's or early 1780's are Joe Lopez who...
Bruce: The recommendation by Cadete Martinez is an excellent one. Bruce B. also does Don Bernardo de Galvez as well as Serra. Best regards, Ed --For...
The Spanish word for pike is pica. The point is called moharra. If it is split, that is, the moharra has a cutting edge as well as a point is called alabarda. ...
Greetings! I'm looking for images of Spanish officers' smallswords (espadins) or rapiers from the 1700's, hoping to have a replica made. Unfortunately, most...
Muchas Gracias Carlos. I was praciticing these yesterday with my students. Bruce--- In Soldados@yahoogroups.com, Carlos Lopez <clopez2066@...> ... it is split,...
The site below, in Spanish and English, has some great information on tactics and colorful drawings regarding the Tercios, the Spanish infantry formation of...
Loyalist Arms, out of Canada, sells really nice examples of the French "epee du Soldat". These look just like the French arm used from the 1690's until the...
Hello, I own one of these "epees du soldat" and, while it is a very nice little sword, it isn't an officer's small sword. Rather, it is what it name says, a...
Yes I realize it's not an officer's small sword, but nontheless I thought I'd mention it anyway. There is a company out there that does make a French small...
You are very correct Phil, I'm always a bit nervous looking at the e-bay swords, but they appear to go pretty cheap on most occassion!!!!! I always see a...
Francisco, Wow!!!! Thank you so much for this info. It will be very helpful for my program. Bruce "Francisco J. Gonzalez" <guajataca01@...> wrote: The...
Or you could come up with an espada ancha...a suitable one could be made from modifying the british hanger of 1742...just take the brass handle off, and put a ...
Check in the Yahoo group photo section under sword and look at the Dragoon sword 1777. It is a nicely made sword. Unless you are doing Infantry it is a good ...
Hey guys, I've been invited to be an assisting moderator of the site. I'm doing a bit of house cleaning and reorganizing. You will find new PHOTO ALBUMS broken...
Yuma Crossing is on Feb 18. The Tucson soldado contingent is planning on going over to the Quartermaster Depot afterward and for part of Sunday. Any...
Rick: I like that you posted the photos of the crown regiment box from the L.A. Museum of Natural History. I too have the photos sent from the museum, cost me...
Hola Richard, The writing says "Regimiento de la Corona." I am no expert on the Catalans, nor cartridge boxes, but I doubt the association with the ...
David, I am inclined to believe that those boxes or some of them, were carried by the soldados de cuera. Remember that these men were, like the blandengues of ...
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Hey Profe, I like frijoles refritos! I tend to agree about the Soldados getting the leftovers and using whatever they could, things that would never make it...
Me being somewhat compute illiterate how do you post photos on this site. I have some photos of my cartridge box that I would like to post. Yes it is based...
Yes! You have to use whatever you can but some things, we shall never know. For example, we have very little on the uniforms, weapons and even organization of...
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Go to the soldados listserv site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Soldados/ On the left you should see a link to the Photos section. Click on that. You can...
I think David is right in that the box was never designed for Presidials. Since every scrap of useful equipment was gathered up in the Mexican period chances ...
Carlos, I will say it again. It depends on WHEN you are talking about. In the 1780s even the three Indian companies were outfitted in the presidial chupa ...
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